Helen Mirren

Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort

As the actor turns 75, a look at her astonishing career in which she’s played cops, rockers, monarchs and murderers

Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, and fights in string vests

A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night

The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself

The long-single actor turned heads after appearing in public with Alexandra Grant

The actor on the appeal of Helen Mirren and discovering the artistry of Odilon Redon

The ruler of Russia faces her steepest challenge yet: filling the void left by Game of Thrones

The granddaughter of Russian immigrants dazzles as the 18th-century empress

From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series

Many men are now in their 40s or 50s when children come along. But there are risks, say experts

Review: Neither Johnson nor Statham has much to work with, but the banter is awful

Cannes diary: Robert Pattinson stars in The Lighthouse; and a crowded market for mutts

Good for you if you have your 12-page plan laminated, but best laid plans often end up on the floor like a queasy partner

X-Files actor reportedly to take on role in fourth series of award-winning Netflix blockbuster

From Fifty Shades Freed to sleazy Muppets in The Happytime Murders, the cinematic lowlights of the year

M&S results will be in sharp contrast to Primark, which recorded a ‘significant’ increase in its UK market share

Review: The film is a long, slow Winnebago ride to a cold, cold grave

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies

Unthinkable: A philosopher and a lawyer have teamed up to try to answer older people’s deepest questions

Analysis: Frances McDormand cares a lot, but doesn’t give a damn who she offends

‘Winchester’ has a haunted greenhouse, a haunted roller-skate and haunted chill airs

‘The Breadwinner’, by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, nominated for best animated feature

Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years

Why is it that women are so desperate to become less than we are – smaller, younger?

Jane Campion’s superb detective drama returns to BBC

People celebrating a female Doctor Who as a symbol of increasing gender equality have got it wrong

Ed Sheeran is up for a love scene with Helen Mirren, but she probably isn’t

Analysis: It’s not the writer or director, but the ‘showrunner’, who controls TV drama now

‘It was like Club 18-30 down there,’ said organiser of Lions event

The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’

Alien; Covenant is out, but according to Ridley Scott the Alien 5 sequel is dead. Here's why we need another film about sci-fi's most bad-ass action hero

Less may be more, but much more is much, much more - and no stunt is too crazy or extravagant for this barmy franchise

Scott Eastwood on staying out out of his mega-famous dad’s shadow and stepping into the Fast and Furious franchise following the death of his friend Paul Walker

Broadside: Four letter words aid circulation, elevate endorphins and improve wellbeing

In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett

Women's writing for Women's Day: For older men in the public eye, there are far more choices than ‘shockingly sexy for his age’ or ‘amusingly eccentric’

2016 Revisited: Behold the queen’s televised birthday bash, held in an enclosed section of her favourite garden, Britain, and featuring all of her favourite subjects

The comedian’s Instagram response to ‘fat shamers’ still fixates on the superficial. It’s time to focus on what women say and do

Whether tackling Shakespeare, writing poetry or creating a graphic novel, the Canadian author lets her social conscience shine through – and has a habit of predicting the future